Cancer incidence in first-generation migrants and host populations in seven European registries, including Ukrainian-born migrants in Poland: a population-based study

Background: Where people are born shapes their cancer risk, yet European cancer surveillance rarely records migration background. We estimated cancer incidence in first-generation migrants and assessed whether birth-country incidence stratifies their cancer risk. Methods: We harmonised data from six population-based cancer registries in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain (Murcia, Tarragona), Italy (Turin), and Switzerland (Ticino) for 2003 to 2017, examining breast, colorectal, cervical, stomach, liver, and lung cancer in first-generation migrants and host populations. Countries of birth were gro

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